Director, Cloud Operations - Perm in Toronto

Quarry Consulting is excited to partner with an established, industry-leading client in the search for a Director of Cloud Operations to oversee and elevate their Azure Cloud Operations within a dynamic SaaS environment . This is a permanent, hybrid role based in Toronto , offering the opportunity to shape the operational strategy of a forward-thinking organization that values innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Candidates should have the following expertise: 10 years in Cloud/Platform operations with 5 years leading operations teams in Azure. Demonstrated ownership of Azure operations across AKS/App Service, networking (vWAN/hub-spoke, App Gateway/Front Door, Private Link), identity (Entra ID/PIM/Key Vault), data services, and observability. Expertise in shaping and driving a vision and roadmap for the Cloud Operations team to including enhancing operational capabilities, process and security governance and aligning them with our long-term strategic goals. The role is leadership-focused, dedicated to operational leadership , process improvement and governance, and people management. Technical expertise is essential, and you should be comfortable engaging in hands-on tasks as needed and support the team with clear technical guidance Strong IaC literacy (Terraform/Bicep) and automation mindset; proven record reducing toil via runbooks and pipelines. Pragmatic change/incident practices are required to improving MTTR, reducing change failure rate, and raising provisioning SLAs. Banking/financial-services experience is an asset.

Location: Greater Toronto Area, Canada, CA

Posted Date: 11/6/2025